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...many have misunderstood them to be, the partnerships are aimed at achieving political reform, sustainable economic growth and social justice. The China-Africa Summit that was held in China last year emphasized NEPAD as a long-term framework within which China should engage Africa. China is a critical player that Africa will work with strategically to establish fair procedures for international trade. As for colonization, the African people will ensure that it never happens again...
...Last Love Story (2004), was another peripatetic affair, penciled between coffee shops in Melbourne and Berlin. "If you live long enough, and I seem to have lived an awful long time, you accumulate things," says the sociable Hall, 71, who also happens to be a skilled baroque recorder player, actor and director. "I'm one of those people who have to go out and do things. The idea of being closeted in a study like Proust is to me just a nightmare...
...Saudis have a big role in Lebanon and Hizballah is a major player in Lebanese politics, so there is an intention from both sides to enhance and strengthen our relations," Qassem says...
These technologies may become an intimate part of our lives sooner than we think. "It's not so futuristic," says Stanford neuropsychologist Judy Illes, "to imagine an employer able to test for who is a good team player, who a leader or a follower." Before such scans are used, neuroethicists warn, we must understand what they can and cannot do. A device that might be helpful in personnel testing, for example, might not be rigorous enough to be used in a criminal trial, where the standard of proof is higher. That's currently the case with the polygraph. But Farah...
DIED. Michael Brecker, 57, rich-toned, 11-time Grammy winner widely regarded as the most influential jazz saxophonist since John Coltrane; of leukemia; in New York City. A prized session player for artists from Chet Baker to Bruce Springsteen, he also dazzled as a front man in his own bands, including the rock fusion group the Brecker Brothers, with his trumpet-playing brother Randy. Of his early encounter with the dense, hypnotic riffs of Coltrane, who inspired him to become a professional musician, he said, "There seemed to be too many notes lying around. I kept listening to it, though...